The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25
THE ASPBALTUM BEDS.
Wealthy Citizens If 1t. Louis are
Deep y Interested.


Mr.. st Y. LIE Sjeur has returned from
st. LOUIS, WHITTIER he vent ABOUT me
first OF Noveulosr. in response to a
telegram slmmoning him immediately
to lest the machinery viii had been
erected according to his plans for the
separation of asphalfum from The
rock. The experimental machinery
was tested with The most gratifying re
suits. WHAT the process is must for the
p esent' remain a svcr,t, anal patents
for The machinery are obtained. tie
process was discovered by Mr.. LIE Sieur
dLter he separation had osen pro
nuubCed by many OF the most noted
chemists OF the Country an Imp0ssbl-
lty. However, tor the present We must
remain IN lguo anCe Uf The process SD
happily discovered by Mr.. LIE ceiur
lie company, which Is represt nted oy
! the gentleman, will as, soon as the oiGs
| have been received, begin the erection
OF the main building OF the Contem
| pla ed works which is to be LA oy 40
1 ct and three stories nigh. The Du ID
! ings ne cessaIy Will be pushed 10 GILL
| p .tlUn as rapidly as possible, as the
50 ,00U plant, which Is to be shipped
tom the east, Will be ready for ship
uleut before the building can POSSIBLY
De erected. The proposed plat wi
nave Capacity OF crushing one hui
ored CUBIC yards of The raw material III
ten hours, which will produce fifteen 10
{ envy tons OF pure asphaltum. I It
$25 00U plaut does not include a nunl beI
OF immense iron kettles which are used
in the manufacture of the article, and
are now In course of construction. The
| tramwaY, which is now built for a
quarter of mile, will be continued on
! to The s g Of the works, IN the spring,
a, soon as work Can be resumed, d 0Is-
lance UT about a mile and half.
The asphaltum of Thistle is owned
| b the 81. Louis company, and where
! the works are TO be erected, is often,
through ignorance of the uses OF botn
arucies, compounded with gilsonite and
| the aSDhalLum is often called asphalt
| tum sllsOnite, when The two are entirely
d,stitGt, and Gear no slmllarit TO each
other. The asphaltum is found only III
the nrines owned by this company, anu
although q small amount hes been
found IN Other parts OF the Territory,
it Is very interiO-' in quality and quan-
tuy to the immense deposits near
| Thistle. wv 80
rhe demand for the manufactured
article is simply Unlimited. B. sides its
use for routing and paving III its SNIP
lest form, it is used for the fine ack
| varnishes, that are tiseu So extensively
and Tor the manufacture of beer. In
fact, as Mr.. LIE Sleur expressed 1t, 'aN
black Is asphaltum."
The finest asphaltum, from which the
tue varnishes are manufactured comes
from Egypt, where it is found in small
quantities.. All the paving material
now used is imported fir m the island
of Trinidad. Some comes from Cuba
and very inferior quality from Mex
leo. None Is found in this country ex
cept in the wonderful mineral reposI
tory Utah, and all that is now known
is owned by the st. Louis company.
From $20,OO0 to $25 ,0O0 has been spent
in experiments with the Utah aspbal.
tum by the company now controlling
the only known deposit, and nothing is
to be donOhap hazard, The company
is composed of some of the most
wealthy men of st. Louis, and has 8
capital stock of 81 900 600. The name
of Adolph Busch, the wealthy brewer
who is president of the incorporation
suggests the idea of stability. Most o.
the stockholders are of the same ma
terIai.
The enterprise will, from all appear
ances be thoroughly successful, but as
abundant success can be secured in 6
tnousand and one enterprises of sim
lar nature which with alittls capital car
be established in any part of this great
Territory,
J Oar many resources need but to be
brought TO the attention OF capitalists
by such men as Mr.. LIE Sieur, to bring
in lean.